Cross Crusade, hosted by Portland-based River City Bicycles, returns for a fourth year to Bend this weekend for two days of cyclocross with hundreds of competitors and the spectrum of costumes—preferably without capes (um, spokes, chains, loose clothing—bad idea). Most bikes are legal in this event—mountain bikes, ‘cross, cruisers, unicycles, etc.—but the course clearly favors […]
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This is What the Cyclocross Course Looks Like Right Now
Tomorrow should be hilarious. Manbreaker CD Earthquaker Carl Decker says: “Wear your ski helmet and goggles.” For details, start times and more check HERE and the Cross Crusade site. And to read about Lance Haidet, Bend’s junior ‘cross sensation, click HERE.
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Fall is Fun
Junior ‘cross, crack climbing improvements and the best trails of the year
First thing’s first: Bend’s junior cyclocross racers are absolutely. Killing. It. Cameron Beard, Colin Dunlap, Javier Colton and Lance Haidet—none older than 18—have raced near or inside the top 10 in a number of the northwest’s ultra-competitive Cross Crusade series races which, participation wise, are the largest cyclocross races in the world. To put their […]
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Our Picks 10/23 – 10/31
wed 23- thur 24 The Trembling Giant FILM—In some circles the word “hunting” conjures up images of machine gun-toting rednecks with no regard for nature. This beautifully filmed, thoughtful documentary about bow hunting for elk in the American West reminds us that such simplistic, narrow-minded hunting associations are just that. 6:30 pm. McMenamins, 700 NW […]
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Cross Crusade Turns Twenty
How Oregon’s insanely popular cyclocross series advanced women’s racing
Tina Brubaker, a cheery, petite powerhouse, fondly remembers racing cyclocross in Oregon in 1994, just one year after the Cross Crusade series was established. With a roaring fire, cold beers and even a brother-sister duo that sang and played the banjo, those early races, which attracted approximately 50 racers and were often held at a […]